McCorkel Sheep Farm

07/06/2023

Location: Adam's County PA
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30 hair sheep ewe lambs available.
10 Katahdin, 20 crossed Katahdin, Dorper, or White Dorper.
6 months old, born in January.
Excellent healthy condition.
They look very nice and are large for 6 months old. This is a credit to their sires, which are very high quality. Our ram lambs sold recently at the highest auction price of the night at Greencastle, having achieved a perfect finish. These are the ewe lambs from the same lambing.
They have never needed to be dewormed. They have been handled only to sort them and you will find they have a gentle disposition (the pure Katahdins tend to be the calmest in the flock).
They were fed a customized creep with alfalfa haylage until 3 months old and then pasture only. They were on alfalfa/grass and now they are grazing an herbal ley.
Kept with their ewes until just this week. Some still have milk goiter from their heavy milking dams.

Keep them on quality pasture, monitor their health, and they will be ready to breed this fall.

Also available are 5 quality Katahdin rams of the same age. These are from our best ewes and possess every trait you would desire. The sire for all of these is our top ram who has also provided rams and replacements for many other sheep farms.

05/21/2023

Storing up for winter

12/19/2022

If anyone is looking for something a little extra special for their Christmas meal this weekend I have a few lamb roasts, merguez sausage, some chops and even some bones for your pups. Grass fed, organically raised and available for local pick up from right here in Littlestown, PA. Private message me for more info.

11/05/2022

White Dorper ram born 12.2 # on 3/7/22.

*Sire is from Weaver White Dorpers. His primary strength is meaty lambs that grow on grass alone.
*Dam is from White Clover Sheep Farm. Her strengths are excellent mothering, health, and shedding.

Pasture raised, no grain. He's about 115-120 # right now.

This is one of the best White Dorper ram lambs we reserved for breeding this year because of his good growth compared to his peers and good body shape.

Like most of the White Dorpers in my flock, he carries his weight low. He is shorter than a katahdin of the same weight with a wider back and stouter legs.
CDT at 4 and 8 weeks. Weaned at 3 months.

Minimally handled. Never pet, scratched, or hand fed. Recently moved into winter yard being fed dry, quality orchard grass, unlimited minerals, and cool clean water.

11/02/2022

White Dorper Ram (registerable)
Born 3/16/22 @ 12.6 #
Sire is from Weaver White Dorpers
Dam is from White Clover Sheep Farm
He is well shaped with good musculature and sheds put well.
The sire (in profile pic) is quite large and muscular and makes big, fast growing lambs.
The dam is shaped perfectly and has a pleasant temperament.
This is our best White Dorper ram lamb this year. He is breeding quality.
CDT at 4 and 8 weeks. Weaned at 3 months. No foot rot on farm. Raised on alfalfa-grass pasture (we do not feed grain).
He is a singleton but also the dam's first, so that can be expected. Our flock average was 180% this year.

McCorkel Sheep
Littlestown, PA

10/29/2022

Ram lambs available

10/27/2022

Fine young katahdin ram. Born 13.6 # this March.
Sire and dam (both on farm) selected for perfect feet and mothering. We score 7 traits and select carefully for perfect feet and mothering since these two traits can cost (or save) us the most time and effort.
Parents and grandparents shed completely and nicely. Could throw any color lamb. Sire made black, brown, white lambs, and combinations thereof.
Temperament of ram, his parents, and grandparents is calm, steady, and good flocking instincts.
In my opinion this is a quality breeding ram. I chose the 6 best of 60 ram lambs and this one was my first choice.
He's still young and nowhere close to full size. He will probably be 150-170 # as a yearling and exceed 200 # thereafter. His maternal grand-sire is fully grown and is 240ish off season and 225 after breeding. His dam and both grand-dams are a bit on the larger size for katahdin ewes, perhaps 170 average weight dry. None are fat (these are grain-free) but rather tall and well muscled.
Raised on grass-alfalfa pasture. CDT at 4 and 8 weeks. Weaned at 3 months. Minimally handled. Never pet, scratched, or hand fed. Cautious but easy to approach. The leader of his peers.
McCorkel Sheep, Littlestown PA

10/06/2022

Grass is always greener on the other side...

07/24/2022

Katahdin ram lamb
tag # 298
DOB: 3/9/22
BW: 13.6 lbs
Sire: Big Boy
Dam: 71
95 lbs on 7/23
100% pasture, no grain.
Not registered

07/24/2022

White Dorper ram lamb
tag # 539
DOB 3/16/22
Birth Weight: 12.6 lbs
Sire: Abraham
Dam: NY9731
100lbs on 7/23
100% pasture, no grain.
Not registered

07/24/2022

White Dorper ram lamb
tag # 294
DOB 3/7/22
Birth Weight: 12.2 lbs
Sire: Abraham
Dam: NY9709
99lbs on 7/23
100% pasture, no grain.
Not registered

05/05/2022

Peaches is always happy for a good scratch

05/03/2022

10/28/2021